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Dunrossil">The Viscount Dunrossil</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(as <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors-general_of_Australia" title="List of governors-general of Australia">Governor-General</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Sidney,_1st_Viscount_De_L%27Isle" title="William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle">The Viscount De L'Isle</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(as <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors-general_of_Australia" title="List of governors-general of Australia">Governor-General</a>)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">19th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor of Victoria</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 October 1949 – 7 May 1963</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarchs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a> (1949–52)<br /><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> (1952–63)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Winston_Dugan,_1st_Baron_Dugan_of_Victoria" title="Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria">Sir Winston Dugan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rohan_Delacombe" title="Rohan Delacombe">Sir Rohan Delacombe</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1896-08-22</span>)</span>22 August 1896<br /><a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">22 March 1966<span style="display:none">(1966-03-22)</span> (aged 69)<br /><a href="/wiki/Frankston,_Victoria" title="Frankston, Victoria">Frankston, Victoria</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Muriel Violet Turner Laing</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1914–1949</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Commandant_General_Royal_Marines" title="Commandant General Royal Marines">Commandant General Royal Marines</a> (1946–49)<br /><a href="/wiki/Political_Warfare_Executive" title="Political Warfare Executive">Political Warfare Executive</a> (1943–46)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Order of St John">Knight of the Order of St John</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_Despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in Despatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)" title="Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">Croix de guerre</a> (France)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 25em"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="font-size: 125%"><div class="fn" style="display: inline;">Reginald Brooks</div></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Cricket information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Batting</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-handed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowling</th><td class="infobox-data category">Right-arm <a href="/wiki/Seam_bowling" title="Seam bowling">medium</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Domestic team information </th></tr><tr style="line-height: 9pt"> <th scope="col">Years</th><th scope="col">Team</th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em">1919–1921</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Hampshire County Cricket Club">Hampshire</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%; margin:-1px; white-space:nowrap;"> <tbody><tr><th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Competition</th> <th><a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">FC</a></th> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Matches</th> <td>29</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Runs scored</th> <td>1,070</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(cricket)" title="Batting average (cricket)">Batting average</a></th> <td>20.57</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">100s/50s</th> <td>2/3</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Top score</th> <td>143</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Delivery_(cricket)" title="Delivery (cricket)">Balls</a> bowled</th> <td>1,942</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket">Wickets</a></th> <td>38</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Bowling_average" title="Bowling average">Bowling average</a></th> <td>28.73</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Five-wicket_haul" title="Five-wicket haul">5 wickets in innings</a></th> <td>1</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">10 wickets in match</th> <td>–</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Best bowling</th> <td>8/90</td> </tr><tr> <th style="width:6em; padding-right:1em">Catches/<a href="/wiki/Stumped" title="Stumped">stumpings</a></th> <td>15/–</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2" style="display:none"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: right">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9241.html">Cricinfo</a>, <span class="nowrap">1 February 2010</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">General</a> <b>Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George">GCMG</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order">KCVO</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_Justice_of_the_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of Justice of the Order of St John">KStJ</a></span></span> (22 August 1896 – 22 March 1966) was a British military commander who went on to become the 19th and longest-serving <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">governor of Victoria</a>, Australia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Brooks&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brooks was born on 22 August 1896 at <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>, son of Dallas George Brooks and Violet Ruth, née Shepherd. He was an only child.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brooks was educated at <a href="/wiki/Dover_College" title="Dover College">Dover College</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> in 1914. During the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> he was severely wounded during the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli landings</a> in 1915. He took part in the <a href="/wiki/Zeebrugge_Raid" title="Zeebrugge Raid">Zeebrugge Raid</a> in 1918, for which he was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The citation for the award appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i> in July 1918 and reads as follows: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>He imbued his men with the highest degree of devotion to duty. The manner in which the howitzer, in its exposed position on the quarter deck, was used under his personal direction was very fine.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cricketing_career">Cricketing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Brooks&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cricketing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon returning from war, Brooks made his <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class</a> debut for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Navy cricket team">Royal Navy</a> against <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club" title="Cambridge University Cricket Club">Cambridge University</a> in 1919 as a right-handed <a href="/wiki/Batsman_(cricket)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batsman (cricket)">batsman</a> who bowled right-arm <a href="/wiki/Seam_bowling" title="Seam bowling">medium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cricinfo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cricinfo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same season he made his debut for <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Hampshire County Cricket Club">Hampshire</a> against <a href="/wiki/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club" title="Surrey County Cricket Club">Surrey</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_Championship" title="County Championship">County Championship</a>. Brooks represented Hampshire eight times in the 1919, making his maiden first-class century against <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Gloucestershire County Cricket Club">Gloucestershire</a> with a score of 107. </p><p>Brooks represented Hampshire in nine first-class matches between 1919 and 1921, with his final first-class appearance for the county coming against <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Middlesex County Cricket Club">Middlesex</a>. He scored 244 runs for Hampshire at a <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(cricket)" title="Batting average (cricket)">batting average</a> of 16.26, with one century and one half century and a high score of 107.<sup id="cite_ref-bbt_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1920, Brooks made his second first-class century, this time for the Royal Navy against the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_cricket_team" title="British Army cricket team">Army</a>, which gave him his highest first-class score of 143. He played as an <a href="/wiki/All-rounder" title="All-rounder">all-rounder</a> for the Royal Navy, a role he did not fill at Hampshire. </p><p>In all, Brooks represented the Royal Navy in sixteen first-class matches, with his final appearance for them coming against the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_cricket_team" title="Royal Air Force cricket team">Royal Air Force</a> in 1929. In his sixteen matches for the Royal Navy, Brooks scored 690 runs at a batting average of 23.00, with one century and two half centuries and a highest score of 143.<sup id="cite_ref-bbt_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the ball, he took 38 wickets at a <a href="/wiki/Bowling_average" title="Bowling average">bowling average</a> of 27.63, with one <a href="/wiki/Five_wicket_haul" class="mw-redirect" title="Five wicket haul">five-wicket haul</a>, which gave him his career-best figures of 8/90.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, Brooks represented the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Services_cricket_team" title="Combined Services cricket team">Combined Services</a> with four first-class matches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Brooks&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brooks graduated from the Royal Navy Staff College in 1934, and from 1943 served as Director-General (Military) of the <a href="/wiki/Political_Warfare_Executive" title="Political Warfare Executive">Political Warfare Executive</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1946, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commandant_General_Royal_Marines" title="Commandant General Royal Marines">Commandant General Royal Marines</a> in the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a> in 1948, knighted that year, and retired in May 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Victoria">Governor of Victoria</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Brooks&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governor of Victoria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brooks was appointed <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor of Victoria</a> by <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Premier</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hollway" title="Thomas Hollway">Thomas Hollway</a> and served from 1949 to 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-lh_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lh-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his term as governor, he acted as <a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Government#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrator of the Government">Administrator of the Commonwealth</a> three times.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served in this capacity for almost seven months after the governor-general, <a href="/wiki/William_Morrison,_1st_Viscount_Dunrossil" title="William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil">Viscount Dunrossil</a>, suddenly died in office in 1961 after serving only one year. Brooks was in effect acting governor-general until the appointment of the <a href="/wiki/William_Sidney,_1st_Viscount_De_L%27Isle" title="William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle">Viscount De L'Isle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brooks served the state for over 13 years, becoming Victoria's longest-serving governor. After his term ended in 1963, he chose to remain in Australia in retirement. He built a house in Frankston and died there three years later.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freemasonry">Freemasonry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Brooks&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Freemasonry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brooks was <a href="/wiki/Grand_Master_(Freemasonry)" title="Grand Master (Freemasonry)">Grand Master</a> of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria of <a href="/wiki/Freemasons" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemasons">Freemasons</a> from 1951 to 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was Victoria's longest-serving Grand Master, and he is the only governor of any Australian state initiated to the craft while serving as governor. Brooks had expressed a desire to become a freemason while in England but he had also stated that he preferred to become initiated in Australia. He met with the Grand Master of Victoria and notified him. He was initiated in the Clarke Lodge No. 98 on 6 February 1950 and was passed and raised within two months. He became Worshipful Master of the Lodge only five months after his initiation and he was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Victoria the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Brooks&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dallas_brooks_hall_east_melbourne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dallas_brooks_hall_east_melbourne.jpg/220px-Dallas_brooks_hall_east_melbourne.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dallas_brooks_hall_east_melbourne.jpg/330px-Dallas_brooks_hall_east_melbourne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dallas_brooks_hall_east_melbourne.jpg/440px-Dallas_brooks_hall_east_melbourne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="474" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Brooks_Hall" title="Dallas Brooks Hall">Dallas Brooks Hall</a>, East Melbourne</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1969, the United Grand Lodge of Victoria built a concert hall in <a href="/wiki/East_Melbourne,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="East Melbourne, Victoria">East Melbourne</a>. The hall was renamed in 1993 from the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Brooks_Hall" title="Dallas Brooks Hall">Dallas Brooks Hall</a> to the Dallas Brooks Centre and was a major events venue in Melbourne until 2016 when it was demolished to build an apartment complex. </p><p>The Melbourne suburb of <a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Victoria" title="Dallas, Victoria">Dallas</a> was named after Sir Dallas, as well as Dallas Brooks Drive in <a href="/wiki/Kings_Domain,_Melbourne" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings Domain, Melbourne">Kings Domain</a>. The official residence of the governor of Victoria, <a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Melbourne" title="Government House, Melbourne">Government House</a>, is located on the corner of Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive. </p><p>Brooks was the grandfather of journalist and television presenter <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Byrne" title="Jennifer Byrne">Jennifer Byrne</a>. </p><p>Members of the organisation of Scouts Australia, Sir Dallas Brooks Rover Crew, also adopted the name of the General. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Brooks&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RM_officersB.html#Brooks_RAD">"Brooks, Reginald Alexander Dallas"</a>. Unit Histories<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Leading+by+Proxy%3A+Governor+Sir+Dallas+Brooks&rft.pub=ABC&rft.date=2012-06-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Flocal%2Faudio%2F2012%2F06%2F19%2F3528493.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADallas+Brooks" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kent Henderson, <i>The Masonic Grand Masters of Australia</i>, Ian Drakeford Publishing, Bayswater, 1988, pp.194–195</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kenthenderson.com.au/m_papers03.html">Vice Regal Grand Masters – Who and Why?</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130409023926/http://kenthenderson.com.au/m_papers03.html">Archived</a> 9 April 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dallas_Brooks&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9241.html">Reginald Brooks</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cricinfo" class="mw-redirect" title="Cricinfo">Cricinfo</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6504/6504.html">Reginald Brooks</a> at CricketArchive</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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